Mel B Booed, "Doesn't Like Brass": New 'America's Got Talent' Judge and Former Spice Girl Told to "Go Home" at New Orleans Audition

Mel B has only been working one day at her new gig as judge on "America's Got Talent," but has already angered fans by saying she "doesn't like brass" while in New Orleans, which lead to boos and general anger from locals. During auditions in the Louisiana city, a popular New Orleans brass band, Lagniappe, performed. The former Spice Girl was blunt in her judging, saying she just was not a fan of the horns. Almost immediately, the crowd reportedly started booing and said things such as "go home" and "no respect."

New Orleans is known for its Dixieland, jazz and big band music cultures. Clearly a comment like this from a British pop star would anger the residents of the historical town. Many people are charging Mel B with ignorance, saying she should have done some research beforehand, but other than that it looks like the incident will blow over. She had a rough first day. I am sure some of us can relate. There have been no comments from the other judges (Heidi Klum, Howard Stern and Howie Mandel) about the booing.

Mstarz recently reported on Mel B getting hired onto the popular talent search show, saying:

NBC hopes the Spice girl can help turn around the recent decrease in viewers of the network's show, whose last season finale was watched by an all time "scary" low of under 11 million in September, as noted by Reuters.

"This exciting addition of the dynamic Mel B to our lineup of judges promises that fans will see a strong, talented and opinionated woman match up against our equally outspoken judges Howard Stern and Howie Mandel," NBC president of alternative programming Paul Telegdy said in a statement.  

Mel B said she was thrilled to join the talent show, adding in a statement, "It's so exciting to be bringing some Girl Power to the panel!"